late Middle English hobyn, hoby, from pet forms of the given name Robin. Originally in sense 2 (compare with dobbin), it later came to denote a toy horse or hobby horse, hence a pastime, something done for pleasurelate Middle English: from Old French hobet, diminutive of hobefalcon
英英释义网络释义
noun
1.an auxiliary activity
2.a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
3.small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
-hobby
1 . 业余爱好
业余爱好(Hobby)hobbies are very important to a person. without having any hobby, life won't be as colorful as it should be. i have a variety of.
2 . 癖好
Growing flowers is his hobby., 种花是他的癖好.
3 . 兴趣
两者词性不同,词义也有差别。hobby是名词,指“嗜好、兴趣、业余爱好”。如:One of her hobbies is collecting stamps.
4 . 爱好的
life without a hobbyis boring .没有爱好的生活很乏味。
相关词条
+a hobby
1 . 一种爱好
Was it a hobby for them , too ?, 画画对他们来讲也是一种爱好吗?
+my hobby
1 . 我的爱好
No , I don ' t . my hobby is making cakes ., 不 , 我不收集 . 我的爱好是做蛋糕.
+hobbies :
1 . 嗜好﹕
hobbies : playing , coaching and umpiring softball ; playing trumpet for various ensembles , bands and orchestras .嗜好﹕垒球-垒球手,教练,裁判员?喇叭手-乐器小组,乐队,管弦乐队。
+his hobby
1 . 他的爱好
David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city . his hobby was fishing , but he did not often get a chance to practice it .戴维是一位在某大城市机关里工作的年轻人,他的爱好是钓鱼,可是他却并非常常有机会一显身手。